hidden agenda

Example Sentences

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There’s no hidden agenda or code.”

From New York Times

So free speech does not mean you abuse that freedom and tell people whatever you want because you have a hidden agenda.

From Salon

A spokesman for Modi’s party said that the broadcaster had nothing to fear if it hadn’t done anything wrong, and accused the BBC of having a “hidden agenda” that “cannot be tolerated.”

From New York Times

But Sayn-Wittgenstein’s lawyers say the acts of harassment were private acts which were performed in the service of the former sovereign’s "hidden agenda".

From Reuters

“People are going to go in there, say they can be fair and impartial, all the while going in with a hidden agenda.”

From Washington Post